Finally Happened

[u/blindexhibitionist]

So i hadnt seen anything on here posting about this so i wanted to make sure that people knew. I was working on a project trying to simplify a process that im working on as a database with a form that would talk back to it after search. Well we finally got the end and i downloaded the file. well i decided to ask one more question and the whole window disappeared along with the gs code. gone. hours of work gone. i havent been able to get back to where i was and now its pulling teeth to describe where we were etc. in the future ill definitly immediatly download the file and its a good learning lesson but good lord it was so insanely frustrating.

Edit: so I hadn’t turned memory on because I assumed that it automatically was just a feature. Also I got a GitHub account and also learned about cowork and I set up a file on my desktop.

[u/plotikai]

We learned this in high school when autosave wasn’t a thing. ALWAYS SAVE and ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP. This is a hard lesson to learn but I had to learn how to use git and setup a robust backup solution, using openclaw has made it so much easier but stories like this make me glad I spent so much time making sure everything is backed up multiple times over with a clear rollback plan

[u/JazzlikeProject6274 → u/plotikai]

I need to do this. I have felt overwhelmed every time I have looked at the possibility. Any recommendations on where to get started learning?

[u/blindexhibitionist → u/JazzlikeProject6274]

What’s helped me is asking Claude what best practice is. Also there’s a whole introduction on ainalysis dot pro that was super helpful in guiding me through the introduction and setup of the desktop folder that Claude can work on that is containered on your desktop. Highly recommend reading it and going through the steps.

[u/JazzlikeProject6274 → u/blindexhibitionist]

Thanks. :) Appreciate the rec'

[u/plotikai → u/JazzlikeProject6274]

The easiest to get started is using a cloud provider like Dropbox or Google Drive for your files and GitHub for your code. Claude will take you through all the setup and commands you need to get started beyond that I got all my learnings from YouTube videos for more custom solutions

[u/JazzlikeProject6274 → u/[deleted]]

So true. Thank you for the reminder!

[u/blindexhibitionist → u/plotikai]

I never learned any of this in high school. Well mainly because I still wrote papers my first two years by hand and didn’t have a laptop until college. It’s not an excuse. There definitely were folks who were learning about this but it just wasn’t what I was drawn to. But it’s been a fun challenge learning something new and finding something to dive into.

[u/redeye1738 → u/blindexhibitionist]

In a more general sense, I've found it useful, after a long session, to have Claude write itself a Summary Memo of everything important we discussed during the chat, and then I save that to a Claude Project folder. Also useful to take over to another AI if you want to continue the conversation there. Also I sometimes have Claude write a "How I Did That" memo which has also proven useful in the same way.

[u/moarliekfyf → u/redeye1738]

This is such a good idea!!! Thank you for sharing it.

[u/plotikai → u/blindexhibitionist]

yea i grew up with win2000, and it was dilled into our heads to always save. had to make sure my word art projects were never lost. Now that im playing with openclaw its been made very clear that i need to have back ups all the time, i increased my backup frequency just because i dont trust openclaw not to blow something up

[u/dbvirago → u/plotikai]

Reminds me of my last IT job where a manager stormed into my office Monday morning to tell me he had worked all weekend on a spreadsheet and the power went out Sunday night.
"You worked on a file for 2 days and never once saved it?" Needless to say, he didn't have autosave enabled either.

[u/sayashr → u/plotikai]

CTRL+S ~= breathing.